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docs: clarify form/mime usage of non-regular data files.

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@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ the form-field to which portrait.jpg will be the input:
curl -F profile=@portrait.jpg https://example.com/upload.cgi
To read content from stdin instead of a file, use - as the filename. This goes
for both @ and < constructs. Unfortunately it does not support reading the
file from a named pipe or similar, as it needs the full size before the
transfer starts.
for both @ and < constructs. For this case, as well as for others in which the
full data size cannot be determined before the transfer starts (as named pipes
or similar), data is transferred as chunks by HTTP and rejected by IMAP.
You can also tell curl what Content-Type to use by using 'type=', in a manner
similar to: